epistyle
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin epistylium, Ancient Greek: compare French épistyle.
Noun edit
epistyle (plural epistyles)
- (architecture, historical) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; an architrave.
References edit
- “epistyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.